Poland: lower import of lettuce in January 2009

According to data of the Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) in January 2009 the import of butterhead lettuces amounted to 1.2 thousand t and its value 1.5 million euro.

In January 2008 Poland imported 1.8 thousand t of the butterhead lettuce at value 1.8 million euro. In winter and early spring time lettuces are mainly imported from Spain and Italy.

Source: fresh-market.pl (gs), on the basis of data from CAAC